The customs should not as a general rule require postal items to be produced to them at exportation for the purposes of customs control unless they contain goods the exportation of which must be certified, goods which are subject to export prohibitions or restrictions or export duties and taxes, or goods having a value exceeding an amount specified in national legislation, or they are selected for customs control on a selective or random basis.
Carinski organi naj Praviloma ne bi zahtevali, da se jim poštne pošiljke predložijo ob izvozu za namene carinske kontrole, razen če ne vsebujejo blaga, katerega izvoz mora biti potrjen, za katerega veljajo izvozne prepovedi ali omejitve, za katerega se plačajo izvozne dajatve in davki, ali katerega vrednost presega znesek, določen v nacionalni zakonodaji, ali so bile določene za carinsko kontrolo selektivno ali naključno.